Every Day Should Be Christmas

Don't you wish it was Christmas every day? I do. And it's not just because of the presents. It's because everyone's lives calm down for 24 hours and life is more fun than usual. Restaurants and stores are closed, families are together, and people are excited about food and gifts. 

I love the feeling I get when I wake up Christmas morning and know I'll be getting to spend a lot of time with my entire family IN THE SAME ROOM. That doesn't happen often for us. My thankfulness for this day is at its peak. Today was perfect and I'm so glad it's not over yet. I still have a delicious meal of London broil to eat and tomorrow, mom, Webb, and I are going to Richmond. Can't wait.

But of course, since it's Christmas and I'm so excited about all my gifts, I thought I'd share some of my favorites.

1. AE-1 from my brother! He knew I needed a new film camera and he gave me one of his! I can't thank him enough. That was probably my favorite gift.

2. Kindle Fire. This little guy is awesome and I cannot wait to read books on it. That's all I have to say. 

3. My wallet!!! It's so colorful and now I'm organized! Finally!

4. Nice headphones! Dad had some free money to use at the AT&T store for turning in our old iPhones and we got some Altec headphones that are great! Listening to music is even more fun now.

5. My Jawbone wristband. This was also a free gift! Thank you AT&T. This is kind of creepy but this wristband calculates your steps, workouts, how you sleep, etc. It hooks up to your iPhone at the end of the day and then shows you the data. It's really neat!

So, those are my top five gifts. :) And I know Christmas isn't about presents. I think we forget what we really should be celebrating sometimes, but everyone admits that gifts are fun. They bring everyone together and give you a sense of gratefulness for the people who gave them to you. So here I say thank you to five people. First and foremost, Jesus. Second, my mom and dad. Third, my brothers. Thank you.

Now, what did you get for Christmas?! Do share!

Two Days

Two more days. My mind is blown, especially since it was 50 degrees outside today. That is not winter weather and although it's nice, I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I want it to snow!!!!!!! But because of the nice bipolar weather, I was motivated to take some pictures this past week. :)

This week hasn't been insanely busy but I've had enough to do so I haven't been bored. The week is already flying by and I just want to enjoy this break while it's here. Monday and Tuesday I had school and worked out afterwards, Wednesday I did absolutely nothing, Thursday I cooked with my mom, and today I went ice skating in Charlottesville. 

Today was by far my favorite day of the week, SO FAR. Christmas day might outdo it. We'll see. Haha. But today I woke up to the sun shining and left with three of my best friends to go to Charlottesville for some ice skating. I LOVE ICE SKATING. I'm not very good at it but I would go every day if I could. :) So that's what we did for an hour and a half and then we ate a late lunch at this precious little restaurant called Eppie's. Then when I came home, I was greeted with cookies and the movie Elf. :) It was a good night and I'm ecstatic for tomorrow!

Tomorrow afternoon my older brother will be home, my family will hopefully be going out to dinner, and then my late night of movie-watching begins. You see, I have to stay up late on Christmas Eve because when I don't, I get up really early and have to sit by myself in anticipation for what the day will bring. It's just too hard. So, for the past few years I've just watched movies on my computer for hours and it's always awesome. :) I just adore Christmas. What a wonderful time of year.

 Do you guys have any traditions?

Starbucks Gift Card Giveaway Winner

Well, first of all, THANK YOU to everyone who entered this contest. I mean, it is free stuff, so I'm not sure why you wouldn't enter but honestly, I thought no one would enter. I was a little scared to do the giveaway at first but I was blown away by all the kind people who entered. And I got some new followers, so welcome, welcome! So glad you're here. :)

But I'm sure everyone just skipped that whole first paragraph to find out the winner anyway so I should probably get to it. :) I used a random generator so I promise this was fair. :) And you could only win if you told me what you loved to get at Starbucks, if you "liked" my Facebook page, and if you followed the blog. SO, with that said, congratulations to.... KARI! 

Hahaha. This is so hilarious because Kari is one of my very best friends and since I used a random generator for the first time, I did a test run the other day that obviously didn't count since it wasn't the twentieth but she won then too! I guess she needs this gift card. :) Soooo, Kari, I'll just give this to you when I see you! As for everyone else, thank you for entering! I will definitely be doing more giveaways in the future. If you're interested in donating something for a giveaway (that you've made, etc.) to be recognized, let me know. :)

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